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Large-Scale Dairy Units

EDM number 1037 in 2009-10, proposed by Eric Martlew on 08/03/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Agriculture.

That this House is firmly opposed to the proposed dairy unit in Lincolnshire housing up to 8,100 cows that will be kept indoors for most of the year; notes that the cows are likely to produce extremely high milk yields; further notes that the key finding of a 2009 scientific opinion by the European Food Safety Authority is that breeding for high milk yield is the major factor causing poor welfare to cows; believes that cows should be farmed in pasture-based systems as these enable them to express natural behaviours and are associated with lower levels of lameness; further believes that the proposed unit is taking UK dairy farming in the wrong direction and that the way forward lies in the use of healthy robust herds with lower milk yields but higher net margins for farmers due to lower culling rates, lower heifer replacement costs and higher sale prices for their calves and cull cows; and urges retailers and producers of dairy products not to source milk from such large-scale intensive dairy units where cows receive only minimal grazing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 172 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eric Martlew08/03/2010CarlisleLabourProposed
Bob Russell08/03/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew09/03/2010StroudLabourSeconded
Alan Meale09/03/2010MansfieldLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis09/03/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock09/03/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Simpson09/03/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/03/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson10/03/2010Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Robert Key10/03/2010SalisburyConservativeSigned
John McDonnell10/03/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell10/03/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/03/2010GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing10/03/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
John Leech10/03/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean11/03/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/03/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones15/03/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady15/03/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ian Davidson15/03/2010Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Betty Williams15/03/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Tom Brake16/03/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith17/03/2010Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn17/03/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz17/03/2010Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Elliot Morley17/03/2010ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington17/03/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Anne Begg17/03/2010Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh18/03/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss18/03/2010North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara18/03/2010Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Albert Owen18/03/2010Ynys MLabourSigned
Richard Burden18/03/2010Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Jim Dowd18/03/2010Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard18/03/2010WalthamstowLabourSigned
Clive Betts18/03/2010Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley18/03/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams18/03/2010CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Angela Smith18/03/2010Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Clare Short22/03/2010Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Kate Hoey22/03/2010VauxhallLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman22/03/2010Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch22/03/2010HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper22/03/2010Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Martin Linton22/03/2010BatterseaLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay22/03/2010ThurrockLabourSigned
John Mann22/03/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Michael Mates22/03/2010East HampshireConservativeSigned
Chris McCafferty22/03/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Patrick Mercer22/03/2010NewarkConservativeSigned
Denis Murphy22/03/2010WansbeckLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne22/03/2010Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Annette Brooke22/03/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon22/03/2010ElmetLabourSigned
David Cairns22/03/2010InverclydeLabourSigned
Frank Cook22/03/2010Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham22/03/2010Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Frank Dobson22/03/2010Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Frank Field22/03/2010BirkenheadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn22/03/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Don Foster22/03/2010BathLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton22/03/2010MidlothianLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton22/03/2010Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Janet Anderson22/03/2010Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Alan Beith22/03/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor22/03/2010Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Paddy Tipping22/03/2010SherwoodLabourSigned
Derek Twigg22/03/2010HaltonLabourSigned
Steve Webb22/03/2010NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir22/03/2010AngusScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams22/03/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott22/03/2010Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders23/03/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Oliver Heald23/03/2010North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley23/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy23/03/2010Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith23/03/2010Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Lembit 23/03/2010MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Challen23/03/2010Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/03/2010HendonLabourSigned
Frank Doran23/03/2010Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Roger Berry23/03/2010KingswoodLabourSigned
Ian Stewart23/03/2010EcclesLabourSigned
Don Touhig23/03/2010IslwynLabourSigned
Paul Truswell23/03/2010PudseyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt23/03/2010Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
David Anderson23/03/2010BlaydonLabourSigned
Katy Clark23/03/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Anne Main23/03/2010St AlbansConservativeSigned
Linda Riordan23/03/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Lee Scott23/03/2010Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Dai Davies23/03/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Gwyn Prosser24/03/2010DoverLabourSigned
Helen Southworth24/03/2010Warrington SouthLabourSigned
George Howarth24/03/2010Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle24/03/2010ChorleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins24/03/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Bob Laxton24/03/2010Derby NorthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt24/03/2010High PeakLabourSigned
Colin Breed24/03/2010South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham24/03/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen24/03/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Cummings24/03/2010EasingtonLabourSigned
Edward Davey24/03/2010Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Ainger24/03/2010Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley24/03/2010City of YorkLabourSigned
David Borrow24/03/2010South RibbleLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry24/03/2010Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Kitty Ussher24/03/2010BurnleyLabourSigned
Stephen Williams24/03/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy24/03/2010GlenrothesLabourSigned
Julie Morgan25/03/2010Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne25/03/2010EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon25/03/2010Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andrew Love25/03/2010EdmontonLabourSigned
Andrew Miller25/03/2010Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Karen Buck25/03/2010Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
David Chaytor25/03/2010Bury NorthLabourSigned
Tom Clarke25/03/2010Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Jim Cousins25/03/2010Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly25/03/2010Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
John Austin25/03/2010Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Gavin Strang25/03/2010Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Ian Taylor25/03/2010Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross25/03/2010TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy25/03/2010Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood25/03/2010CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jimmy Hood29/03/2010Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Martyn Jones29/03/2010Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews29/03/2010MedwayLabourSigned
Graham Brady29/03/2010Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow29/03/2010Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess29/03/2010Southend WestConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate29/03/2010DartfordLabourSigned
John Thurso29/03/2010Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Widdecombe29/03/2010Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Mike Wood29/03/2010Batley and SpenLabourSigned
John Hemming29/03/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth29/03/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Pritchard29/03/2010The WrekinConservativeSigned
James Plaskitt30/03/2010Warwick and LeamingtonLabourSigned
Alan Reid30/03/2010Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman30/03/2010HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Dai Havard30/03/2010Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Richard Caborn30/03/2010Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
David Clelland30/03/2010Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
George Galloway30/03/2010Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Susan Kramer30/03/2010Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen30/03/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Sheridan06/04/2010Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Tom Harris06/04/2010Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
David Heyes06/04/2010Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Eric Joyce06/04/2010FalkirkLabourSigned
Alun Michael06/04/2010Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Paul Murphy06/04/2010TorfaenLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley06/04/2010RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott06/04/2010Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
John Grogan06/04/2010SelbyLabourSigned
Norman Baker06/04/2010LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Anthony D Wright06/04/2010Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Gordon Banks06/04/2010Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Lorely Burt06/04/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Flello06/04/2010Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Kim Howells07/04/2010PontypriddLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac07/04/2010CleethorpesLabourSigned
Chris Mullin07/04/2010Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable07/04/2010TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley07/04/2010Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter07/04/2010Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Jo Swinson07/04/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling07/04/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned

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